by newzulu
IRAQ, Baghdad: Shaymaa Abdelrahman is crowned Miss Iraq on December 18, 2015 in Baghdad. The 20-year-old, green-eyed knockout from Kirkuk is the first beauty queen to be chosen in Iraq since 1972. While Iraq is most often depicted as a contentious, war-torn area on the geopolitical landscape, this pageant is a means to show the world that many Iraqis still love life at home.